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Port

I'm two Weeks post OP and I finally slept on my side last night. the side of my port. I didn't feel any pain so I went with it.

Now this morning I wake up and I notice the incision where my port is looks like an indention. It looks sunk in. Before my belly looked perfectly round but now you can see and feel an indention where my port is.

I'm freaking out. Did I do something wrong??? Did it flip???

ZGB<br /><br />www.fabtofit.Blogspot.com

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I started sleepin g on my side after day three. Im not sure why you would have an indention but i dont see how you could have caused any damage.

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I guess I'll find out at my first fill in two Weeks huh.

ZGB<br /><br />www.fabtofit.Blogspot.com

I have not sleep on that side and I have that too.. To scared to sleep in my side cause I don't want to hurt anything and I'm 5 weeks out

I had my surgery Friday and have already slept on my port side.

I'm two Weeks post OP and I finally slept on my side last night. the side of my port. I didn't feel any pain so I went with it.

Now this morning I wake up and I notice the incision where my port is looks like an indention. It looks sunk in. Before my belly looked perfectly round but now you can see and feel an indention where my port is.

I'm freaking out. Did I do something wrong??? Did it flip???

ZGB<br /><br />www.fabtofit.Blogspot.com

No. It did not flip.

I have an indentation around incision area too. It's because the incision is a scar that is slightly tighter than rest of skin. As a result, the belly skin around it puffs like normal - the scar doesn't, creating an indentation/pucker.

I expressed concerns to my doc's PA at 1 week visit and she was unphased by the scenarios I asked that could cause port damage (i.e. car accident). She said she's only seen it once and it is rare. Sleep position won't flip it bc its sutured into the muscle.

I have not sleep on that side and I have that too.. To scared to sleep in my side cause I don't want to hurt anything and I'm 5 weeks out

Side sleeping won't damage the port.

Personally, I felt a pulling on the port when I slept on my side because my stomach fat shifts with gravity. You could prop a pillow against your tummy as you sleep so your stomach fat doesn't droop so low, less strain on abdomen.

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